Is it better to have a career in travel or to travel for vacationing?
I think you would be better to get a good job and travel where and when you want. Most jobs in the travel industry do not pay that much and you work long and uneven hours. Some jobs that give great travel benefits don't allow you time to travel. If you get a job as a tour guide and get to go some places you want to see, but you will not really enjoy them because you will be busy with your tours. I went to travel school with the thought of working as an agent as my second career. But the pay was ...
Travel to South Africa - safe?
do not travel alone period. if you have some friends there who will take you out and about, then fine. otherwise travel with a tour group. if you're an AMA member, i know they have travel groups they arrange to south africa. tourists are cased by criminals - from the time they enter and leave an hotel. there are simply too many factual examples i could give you of tourists, single and in couples, who have been mugged, kidnapped and murdered. they can smell you a mile off. other hints would be to...
travel africa?
The same reason Americans think of England and Britain as interchangable. Africa has the most countries (64) Most languages, ethnicities, religions, etc, but still get grouped together as Africa. My Stupid American History Teacher skipped Africa all together. I went to Cameroon and LOVED it! Someday we will wake up and smell the Baobabs and Elephants......
need to know how to contact this travel agent IN AFRICA?
You wont be able to contact that travel agent in Africa because it is a US flight agency. You'll need to contact another agency in Africa. Which part of Africa are you looking to travel in?...
Do you find that you travel less by airplane since 9/11 happened?
I use to travel quite extensively by air, but my job has changed and I am so thankful I don't have to travel as much. Commercial travel these days sucks and is not fun or glamorous. When I travel, I want it to be for vacation and I like car travel because of the freedom gained....